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Title:               Fertility Rate, Total for the World
Series ID:           SPDYNTFRTINWLD
Source:              World Bank
Release:             World Development Indicators (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Annual
Units:               Births per Woman
Date Range:          1960-01-01 to 2021-01-01
Last Updated:        2023-12-19 1:44 PM CST
Notes:               Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be
                     born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing
                     years and bear children in accordance with current age-specific
                     fertility rates.
                     
                     World Bank Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World
                     Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division.
                     Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census
                     reports and other statistical publications from national statistical
                     offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the
                     Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Program, and (6) U.S.
                     Census Bureau: International Database
                     
                     Source Indicator: SP.DYN.TFRT.IN

DATE                   VALUE
1960-01-01  4.69585447747259
1961-01-01  4.57558682331231
1962-01-01  5.03517319252654
1963-01-01  5.32342829673039
1964-01-01  5.14142044439158
1965-01-01  5.09354060704565
1966-01-01  4.97745610236851
1967-01-01  4.87230896384862
1968-01-01  4.98243361298717
1969-01-01  4.88624821241342
1970-01-01  4.84631056148406
1971-01-01  4.69591926035808
1972-01-01  4.55438387026764
1973-01-01  4.42445965966688
1974-01-01  4.26371871344688
1975-01-01  4.07989981705920
1976-01-01  3.97231465442068
1977-01-01  3.84639653885135
1978-01-01  3.77830145094814
1979-01-01  3.76097268694449
1980-01-01  3.73471340112249
1981-01-01  3.70806832634147
1982-01-01  3.72304547930651
1983-01-01  3.59433791505987
1984-01-01  3.56834444590803
1985-01-01  3.53121535486195
1986-01-01  3.51731970692646
1987-01-01  3.48762085310630
1988-01-01  3.39613123788742
1989-01-01  3.34634303687336
1990-01-01  3.30544149103758
1991-01-01  3.12441170494208
1992-01-01  3.03803692875779
1993-01-01  2.96937260917607
1994-01-01  2.91550595694393
1995-01-01  2.86143738332609
1996-01-01  2.81355167107889
1997-01-01  2.77137413396533
1998-01-01  2.73605860630137
1999-01-01  2.70908918800366
2000-01-01  2.71846496860982
2001-01-01  2.68064786910707
2002-01-01  2.65374683882845
2003-01-01  2.63003724874443
2004-01-01  2.62139879008116
2005-01-01  2.60315610628060
2006-01-01  2.59527910017808
2007-01-01  2.59427028491608
2008-01-01  2.59359990782243
2009-01-01  2.57976150540470
2010-01-01  2.55458173874789
2011-01-01  2.53406006630992
2012-01-01  2.54964309910730
2013-01-01  2.51424842619762
2014-01-01  2.50657848104570
2015-01-01  2.47790957201916
2016-01-01  2.48115559973118
2017-01-01  2.45927223821425
2018-01-01  2.39740742486869
2019-01-01  2.36060871818350
2020-01-01  2.29966617574505
2021-01-01  2.27316335245758